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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced on New Year's Eve that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik.
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II steps down this weekend as Europe’s longest-serving monarch and the first Danish royal to abdicate since 1146. Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is abdicating the throne after 52 years.; She is currently the longest-serving monarch in the world. Her eldest son, Prince Frederik, will succeed her as ruler.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has been Queen for 52 years, making her Denmark's longest-serving monarch. Queen Margrethe took to the throne in 1972, after the passing of her father, King Frederik IX.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, unexpectedly declared that she would abdicate her throne after more than a half-century, announcing in her New Year’s speech ...
Queen Margrethe II shocked Denmark in a speech Sunday and revealed she's giving up the throne Jan.14. Her son, Crown Prince Frederik, succeeds her. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...
Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince ...
Queen Margrethe II announces her abdication from Christian IX's Palace, Amalienborg Castle, in Copenhagen, on Sunday, Dec. 31 2023, during her New Year's address.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark's prime minister proclaimed Frederik X as king on Sunday after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication, with massive crowds turning out to ...
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, will abdicate on Jan. 14 after 52 years on the throne and will be succeeded by her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik, she announced ...
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announced she is abdicating after 52 years on the throne. She said in a New Year's Eve announcement that her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik will succeed her.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 84, who "shockingly" renounced the Danish throne in January after 52 years, is in Copenhagen's University Hospital after falling at her Fredensborg Castle home recently.